LawFuel’s 2022 Lawyer of the Year is the battling ‘loophole lawyer’ who fought to get Charlotte Bellis into the country under the MIQ lottery system.
You know that moment when a client looks at a bill and just… nods? Christopher Clark, a litigator at a boutique law firm, got one of those last year, the WSJ reported. He’d hiked his rate to a once-absurd $3,000 an hour. The client’s reply? “Congratulations. That’s the highest we’ve seen.”
A year earlier, $2,500 felt like the ceiling. Now it looks almost cute.
According to Persuit’s latest billing data, senior partners at the biggest 50 firms pushed rates up an average 16% in 2025. Some are now openly quoting $3,400 an hour. And that’s before you get to the real outliers.
In bankruptcy filings, Latham & Watkins and Kirkland & Ellis have partners clearing the $3,000 mark this year. Reuters reported in January that Susman Godfrey’s Bill Carmody and Neal Manne quietly set their 2026 rack rate at $4,000 an hour — up from $3,000 last year. (Lawfuel broke the same story and called it “Four Thousand an Hour Arrives in US Big Law Billing.”)
Martyn Day didn’t build Leigh Day into one of the most feared claimant firms in the country by playing nice. But even he’s raising an eyebrow at the American cavalry now thundering through the Royal Courts of Justice.
“From my experience,” the Leigh Day co-founder told The Times this week, “American firms tend to be more aggressive.”
“With the English firms, you know the lawyers… you can have sensible conversations with them and, where necessary, you can do deals and sort things out in a sensible, proper way.”
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For the law firm managing the defence of Peter Mandleson — Mishcon de Reya — today’s arrest represents a decisive escalation. What began as a high-profile reputation management brief has become one of the most significant criminal defence instructions in the firm’s history.
Mishcon de Reya was first reported to be representing Mandelson by The Lawyer earlier this month, with Johanna Walsh (pictured) head of the firm’s white-collar crime and investigations practice, leading the team.
The choice of Walsh, recognised by Legal 500 as a first-tier practitioner in serious and organised crime and by Who’s Who Legal as a Global Leader in Investigations, signalled from the outset that Mandelson and his advisers anticipated criminal exposure well before today’s arrest.
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Buchalter is pleased to welcome back Anthony Callobre as a Commercial Finance Partner in its Los Angeles office. Callobre’s clients include credit providers, such as commercial banks, commercial finance companies, private debt, private equity groups, and other investors and lenders, as well as credit takers, both financial and strategic. “We are thrilled to have Tony
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Sidley Austin has made its second raid on Lathams in London and the 12th since 2024 as it moves to further strengthen its private equity, leveraged finance, capital markets, and real estate capabilities in London. The firm hired James Inness, who was the co-head of capital markets at Latham & Watkins’ London office, as part
Article source: BizCover.com.au For lawyers and professional consultants, protecting clients’ interests while managing risk is central to the role. Every decision, recommendation, and agreement carries potential consequences for both the client and the practitioner. Balancing diligent advocacy with prudent risk management ensures clients achieve their goals without exposing themselves or your practice to unnecessary liabilities.
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There’s an old joke that the best criminal defence lawyer is the one who can make you feel good about a terrible situation. Gary Bloxsome has an actual nickname for doing exactly that: “Good News Gary.”
Right now, he could probably use some of that optimism himself.
Bloxsome, a partner at Blackfords near the Old Bailey, is now leading the defence of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor alongside colleague Jennifer Richardson and Clare Montgomery KC (pictured) of Matrix Chambers, a barrister LawFuel has previously identified as one of the top criminal barristers (and earners) in Britain.
It’s the kind of instruction that makes your peers both envious and relieved it isn’t them.
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